Associated tags: Ecosystem, MDR, API, Sophos, Risk management, Intelligence
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Cryptocurrency According to the report, among organizations surveyed, 97% of those hit by ransomware over the past year engaged with law enforcement and/or official government bodies for help with the attack.
Key Points:
- According to the report, among organizations surveyed, 97% of those hit by ransomware over the past year engaged with law enforcement and/or official government bodies for help with the attack.
- In addition, more than half (59%) of those organizations that did engage with law enforcement found the process easy or somewhat easy.
- Based on the survey, impacted organizations reached out to law enforcement and/or official government bodies for a range of assistance with ransomware attacks.
- Read the full State of Ransomware 2024 report on Sophos.com for additional global findings and data by sector.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Since June 2023, Sophos X-Ops has discovered 19 ‘junk gun’ ransomware variants—cheap, independently produced and crudely constructed ransomware variants—on the dark web.
Key Points:
- Since June 2023, Sophos X-Ops has discovered 19 ‘junk gun’ ransomware variants—cheap, independently produced and crudely constructed ransomware variants—on the dark web.
- The developers of these junk gun variants are attempting to disrupt the traditional affiliate-based ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model that has dominated the ransomware racket for nearly a decade .
- Junk gun ransomware discussions are taking place primarily on English-speaking dark web forums aimed at lower-tier criminals, rather than well-established Russian-speaking forums frequented by prominent attacker groups.
- To learn more about junk gun ransomware and the latest change in the ransomware ecosystem, read “’Junk Gun’ Ransomware: Peashooters Can Still Pack a Punch” on Sophos.com .
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Risk management OXFORD, United Kingdom, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today announced that Sophos Endpoint has won Best Managed Service Provider (MSP) Solution in SE Labs Annual Security Awards 2024 .
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- OXFORD, United Kingdom, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today announced that Sophos Endpoint has won Best Managed Service Provider (MSP) Solution in SE Labs Annual Security Awards 2024 .
- The SE Labs Annual Security Awards assess security vendors based on a combination of continual public testing, private assessments and feedback from corporate clients.
- The first-of-its-kind Best MSP Solution award recognizes the critical role of MSPs as the first line of defense for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) against data breaches, ransomware and other debilitating cyberattacks.
- We are thrilled to award Sophos Best MSP Solution, for keeping their MSP and partner community armed with innovative security solutions and intelligence that protect their customers in the ever-evolving threat landscape,” said Simon Edwards, CEO at SE Labs.
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Risk management OXFORD, United Kingdom, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today announced a strategic partnership with Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, to provide Sophos Managed Risk, a worldwide vulnerability and attack surface management service. The new service features a dedicated Sophos team that leverages Tenable's exposure management technology and collaborates with the security operations experts from Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) to provide attack surface visibility, continuous risk monitoring, vulnerability prioritization, investigation, and proactive notification designed to prevent cyberattacks.
Key Points:
- “Sophos and Tenable are two industry security leaders coming together to address urgent, pervasive security challenges that organizations continuously struggle to control.
- “Solutions such as Sophos Managed Risk can be a differentiator by enabling overwhelmed teams to take a more holistic approach to continuous monitoring and threat management.”
Sophos Managed Risk is available as an extended service with Sophos MDR, which already protects more than 21,000 organizations globally.
- The Sophos Managed Risk team is Tenable-certified and works closely with Sophos MDR to share essential information about zero-days, known vulnerabilities and exposure risks to assess and investigate possibly exploited environments.
- Sophos Managed Risk is shining a light on areas of exposure that require remediation in order to keep customers protected.
OXFORD, United Kingdom, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today released the Active Adversary analysis, “It’s Oh So Quiet (?): The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H 2024.” The report, which analyzes more than 150 incident response (IR) cases handled by the Sophos X-Ops IR team in 2023, found that cybercriminals abused remote desktop protocol (RDP)—a common method for establishing remote access on Windows systems—in 90% of attacks. This was the highest incidence of RDP abuse since Sophos began releasing its Active Adversary reports in 2021, covering data from 2020.
Key Points:
- ): The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H 2024 .” The report, which analyzes more than 150 incident response (IR) cases handled by the Sophos X-Ops IR team in 2023, found that cybercriminals abused remote desktop protocol (RDP )—a common method for establishing remote access on Windows systems—in 90% of attacks.
- This was the highest incidence of RDP abuse since Sophos began releasing its Active Adversary reports in 2021, covering data from 2020.
- The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H 2024 is based on more than 150 incident response (IR) investigations spanning the globe across 26 sectors.
- ): The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H 2024 on Sophos.com.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
OXFORD, United Kingdom, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced it is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Small Businesses 2024 Vendor Assessment ,* which evaluates the product offerings and business strategies of 18 modern endpoint security (MES) vendors.
Key Points:
- OXFORD, United Kingdom, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced it is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Small Businesses 2024 Vendor Assessment ,* which evaluates the product offerings and business strategies of 18 modern endpoint security (MES) vendors.
- This news closely follows Sophos being named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Midsize Businesses 2024 Vendor Assessment.
- “Small businesses need quality endpoint security that adapts in real-time to prevent or slow down cyberattacks.
- This platform is further optimized by Sophos X-Ops threat intelligence, a cross-operational task force of more than 500 security experts within SophosLabs, Sophos SecOps and SophosAI.
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Cryptocurrency OXFORD, United Kingdom, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released its annual 2024 Sophos Threat Report, with this year’s report detailing “Cybercrime on Main Street” and the biggest threats facing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs*). According to the report, in 2023, nearly 50% of malware detections for SMBs were keyloggers, spyware and stealers, malware that attackers use to steal data and credentials. Attackers subsequently use this stolen information to gain unauthorized remote access, extort victims, deploy ransomware, and more.
Key Points:
- The Sophos report also analyses initial access brokers (IABs)—criminals who specialize in breaking into computer networks.
- Above: Discovered by Sophos X-Ops: a sample of a dark web forum post advertising access to a small U.S. accounting firm.
- Additional examples of cybercriminal forum ads targeting SMBs, by industry and country, are in the 2024 Sophos Threat Report .
- For in-depth details about these cybercrimes and more targeting SMBs, please read the 2024 Sophos Threat Report: Cybercrime on Main Street on Sophos.com.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, is expanding its commitment to the channel with the addition of Partner Care, a new offering in its global partner program that features a dedicated, 24x7 team of Sophos experts who handle non-sales related questions and operational support.
Key Points:
- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, is expanding its commitment to the channel with the addition of Partner Care, a new offering in its global partner program that features a dedicated, 24x7 team of Sophos experts who handle non-sales related questions and operational support.
- “Being busy with administration can consume a lot of time and cost, so the idea that Sophos now has a focused Partner Care program and dedicated team to handle it is unbelievably beneficial,” said Richard Wenger, account executive, Point Broadband LLC, a Sophos channel partner based in Alabama.
- This Sophos Partner Care program is essential to my business.”
In addition to Partner Care, Sophos is offering several enhancements to its global partner program, including an additional 5% reward on top of a deal registration discount for partners selling Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR)1.
- To help streamline varying technologies within customers’ environments, Sophos also recently added a Veeam integration to its Sophos MDR and XDR solutions.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that it is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Midsize Businesses 2024 Vendor Assessment , which evaluates the solutions and business strategies of 16 modern endpoint security (MES) vendors.
Key Points:
- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that it is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Midsize Businesses 2024 Vendor Assessment , which evaluates the solutions and business strategies of 16 modern endpoint security (MES) vendors.
- Sophos Endpoint defends more than 300,000 organizations worldwide against advanced attacks with anti-ransomware, anti-exploitation, behavioral analysis, and other technologies that stop threats before they escalate.
- Sophos Endpoint is also the foundation for Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Sophos Endpoint Detection and Response capabilities (EDR).
- This platform is further optimized by Sophos X-Ops threat intelligence, a cross-operational task force of more than 500 security experts within SophosLabs, Sophos SecOps and SophosAI.
OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that CRN® , a brand of The Channel Company , has named three Sophos executives to its prestigious list of 2024 Channel Chiefs .
Key Points:
- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos , a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that CRN® , a brand of The Channel Company , has named three Sophos executives to its prestigious list of 2024 Channel Chiefs .
- “Sophos has never been more committed to the channel, and we’re leaning even further into working with our partners to broaden market opportunities and strengthen our synergistic and successful relationships,” said Krause, who is further honored on CRN’s 2024 elite list of the 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs for the eighth consecutive year.
- Offerings are powered by threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and are part of the Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem .
- The Channel Company is pleased to acknowledge these prominent channel leaders and looks forward to chronicling their achievements throughout the year.”
